Rules

Players shall wear a waistcoat with dickie bow or tie in all tour matches. Players to wear tour polo shirt in plate matches. Tailored trousers or skirt and smart shoes must be worn. Absolutely no jeans or trainers will be allowed.

All Sunday matches (Tour & Plate) players shall wear waistcoat with dickie bow or tie, tailored trousers and smart shoes.

Matches will not be called earlier than scheduled except in extreme circumstances. When the schedule has been changed in this case you will have been notified. It is obviously possible that matches can be called later than scheduled if a previous match is not complete.

When a player is called to the table, a frame will be lost for every 10 minutes that she fails to attend. No excuses will be allowed and players must be on time or forfeit frames.

Good sportsmanship is expected on the table and good behaviour off the tables at all events.

The first tour draw and schedule will be available on the website 3 weeks prior to the start of the new season, with the draws for the following tours completed at the previous event. Draws will be made available on the website within a week of the previous event. The plate draw will be held 1 hour before the commencement of the 1st round.

Tour event

Rounds 1 & 2Best of 9 Frames
Last 16Best of 9 Frames
Quarter & Semi FinalsBest of 11 Frames
FinalBest of 13 Frames

Plate event

Round 1 to Last 16Best of 7 Frames
Quarters, Semis & FinalBest of 9 Frames

All matches will be played to world eightball rules using the Aramith pro spotted cue ball.

Tournament directors decision is final.